Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Now
after
these
things
, in
the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the
son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Many
years
later
, during
the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest ;
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest —
this Ezra went
up from Babylon :
and
he was a ready
scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh
, the God of Israel, had given ;
and
the king granted him
all his request
, according
to
the hand of Yahweh
his God on
him.
this Ezra came
up from Babylon .
He was a scribe skilled
in the Law of Moses, which the
LORD
, the God of Israel, had given .
The king had
granted Ezra
all his requests
, for
the hand of the
LORD
his God was
upon
him.
There
went up some of the children
of
Israel
, and
of
the
priests, and
the
Levites, and
the
singers, and
the
porters
, and the
Nethinim,
to
Jerusalem,
in
the
seventh
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king
.
So
in
the
seventh
year
of
King
Artaxerxes,
he
went up to
Jerusalem
with
some of the Israelites
, including
priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers
, and temple
servants
.
He
came
to
Jerusalem in the fifth month ,
which
was
in
the seventh year of the king.
Ezra
arrived
in
Jerusalem in the fifth month of
the seventh year of the king.
For
on the first [
day ]
of the first month began
he
to
go
up
from
Babylon;
and on the first [
day ]
of the fifth month came
he
to
Jerusalem
, according
to
the good
hand of his God on
him.
He
had
begun
the
journey
from
Babylon
on the first day of the first month ,
and he
arrived
in
Jerusalem
on the first day of the fifth month, for
the gracious
hand of his God was
upon
him.
For Ezra had set his heart to seek
the law of Yahweh
, and
to do
it, and to teach in
Israel
statutes and ordinances.
For Ezra had set his heart to study
the Law of the
LORD
, to practice
it, and to teach its
statutes and ordinances in
Israel
.
Now
this is the copy
of the letter that
the
king Artaxerxes gave
to Ezra the priest ,
the
scribe, even
the
scribe
of
the
words
of
the commandments of
Yahweh,
and of
his
statutes to Israel:
This is the text
of the letter King Artaxerxes had
given
to Ezra the priest and
scribe, an
expert
in
the commandments and statutes of
the
LORD
to Israel:
Artaxerxes, king of kings ,
to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven ,
perfect
and
so
forth
.
Artaxerxes, king of kings .
To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven :
Greetings
.
I make
a
decree ,
that all
those
of
the people
of
Israel
, and
their
priests and the
Levites, in
my
realm,
who
are
minded
of
their
own
free
will
to
go
to
Jerusalem,
go with you.
I hereby
decree that any
volunteers
among
the Israelites
in
my
kingdom
, including
the
priests and Levites, may
go up
with you to
Jerusalem
.
Because
you are sent of
the king and his seven counselors ,
to inquire
concerning
Judah and Jerusalem ,
according to the law of your God which is in your hand ,
You are sent by
the king and his seven counselors to evaluate
Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God ,
which is in your hand .
and
to carry
the silver and gold ,
which
the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation
is in Jerusalem,
Moreover,
you
are
to take
with
you
the silver and gold that
the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling
is in Jerusalem,
and
all the silver and gold that
you shall
find in all the province of Babylon, with
the freewill -offering
of the people ,
and of
the
priests ,
offering
willingly
for
the house of their God which
is
in Jerusalem ;
together
with
all the silver and gold you may
find in all the province of Babylon, as
well
as
the freewill offerings
of the people and priests to
the house of their God in Jerusalem .
therefore
you
shall
with all
diligence
buy
with
this money bulls, rams, lambs, with their meal-
offerings and their
drink -
offerings, and shall
offer them on the altar of
the house of your God which
is
in Jerusalem.
With this money ,
therefore,
you
are
to
buy
as
many
bulls, rams, and
lambs as
needed
, together
with their grain
offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at
the house of your God in Jerusalem.
Whatever
shall
seem
good
to
you and to
your brothers to
do with the rest of the silver and the
gold, that
do
you
after
the will of your God.
You and your brothers may
do whatever
seems
best
with the rest of the silver and gold, according
to
the will of your God.
The vessels
that
are
given you for the service of the house of your God ,
deliver
you
before
the
God
of
Jerusalem
.
You
must
deliver
to
the God
of
Jerusalem
all
the
articles
given to
you for the service of the house of your God.
Whatever
more
shall
be
needful
for the house of your God ,
which
you shall
have occasion to bestow
, bestow
it out
of
the king's
treasure-house
.
And
if
anything
else
is
needed
for the house of your God that
you may
have occasion to supply
, you
may
pay
for
it from
the royal
treasury
.
I, even
I
Artaxerxes
the
king, do
make
a
decree to all the treasurers who
are
beyond
the River,
that
whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall
require of you, it be done
with
all
diligence
,
I, King Artaxerxes
, decree to all the treasurers west
of
the Euphrates:
Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may
require of you, it must
be provided
promptly
,
to one
hundred talents of silver, and
to
one
hundred measures
of wheat, and
to
one
hundred baths of wine, and
to
one
hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing
how
much
.
up
to a
hundred talents of silver, a
hundred cors
of wheat, a
hundred baths of wine, a
hundred baths of olive
oil, and salt without limit
.
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven ,
let
it
be done exactly
for the
house of
the
God
of
heaven;
for why should there
be
wrath against
the realm of the king and his sons?
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must
be done diligently
for His
house .
For why should wrath fall
on
the realm of the king and his sons?
Also
we
inform
you, that
touching
any of the priests and
Levites, the
singers, porters
, Nethinim
, or servants of this house of God ,
it
shall
not
be
lawful
to
impose
tribute,
custom,
or
toll,
on
them
.
And
be
advised
that
you have
no
authority
to
impose
tribute
, duty,
or
toll
on
any of the priests ,
Levites, singers, doorkeepers
, temple
servants
, or other
servants of this house of God.
You, Ezra, after
the wisdom of your God who
is
in
your
hand
, appoint magistrates and judges ,
who
may
judge all the people who
are
beyond
the River,
all such
as
know the laws of your God ;
and teach
you him
who doesn't
know them.
And
you, Ezra, according
to
the wisdom of your God which
you
possess
, are
to
appoint magistrates and judges to
judge all the people west
of
the Euphrates—
all who
know the laws of your God .
And you are
to
teach
these
laws
to
anyone
who does
not
know them.
Whoever
will
not do
the law of your God ,
and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on
him with
all
diligence
, whether it
be
to
death, or
to
banishment, or
to
confiscation of goods
, or to
imprisonment.
If
anyone
does
not keep
the law of your God and the law of the king, let a
strict
judgment be executed against
him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property
, or imprisonment.
Blessed be Yahweh
, the God of our fathers, who has put such
a
thing
as
this
in
the king's
heart ,
to beautify
the house of Yahweh
which
is
in Jerusalem ;
Blessed be the
LORD
, the God of our fathers, who has put into
the heart of
the
king
to so
honor
the house of the
LORD
in Jerusalem ,
and has extended
loving
kindness
to
me before the king, and
his counselors, and before
all the
king's
mighty
princes
. I
was
strengthened
according
to
the hand of Yahweh
my God on
me, and
I gathered together
out
of Israel chief
men
to go
up
with me.
and who
has shown
me favor
before the king, his counselors, and all his
powerful
officials
. And
because
the hand of the
LORD
my God was
upon
me, I took
courage
and
gathered the
leaders
of Israel to return
with me.
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